Friday, March 13, 2009

Today I'm going to share with you a very quick and easy way of drying and making a rosemary powder using the microwave and a small strainer. Yep, that's right!

Wash the rosemary and discard the sticks. Spread the leaves in a plate and take to the microwave.

For about 1/4 cup of rosemary it should take arround 2-3 minutes total, but check it every 20-30 seconds, moving the leafs arround. If the leaves can still be bent like in the picture, give it a bit more time...

... Until they break up easily like that and feel very "crunchy".

If doing a large quantity of course you can use a food processor, but for a small amount like I did, a strainer is what it works better. Just put some "crunchy" leafs into the strainer and break them with your fingers, working back and forward, pushing the powder out.

In a little while you'll have fresh rosemary powder ready to use and also your fingers will be slightly green and smell very "rosemary-y"!

Smells divine! Where would you use it? What about me? Where am I going to use it?...

Oh that looks wonderful! I have a huge rosemary bush out in my back yard but am wondering if it will survive this extraordinarily cold winter. My bay tree died :( so I'm thinking the rosemary bush might have had it too. I'm looking forward to seeing some cookies with rosemary powder from you!